Music Business News: North America

"There is no fundamental reason that large language model developers can’t work in a way that respects creators’ rights"

IFPI has published its Global Music Report, which shows global trade revenues for the recorded music industry in 2023

More than half of the revenue generated on Bandzoogle last year came from merch sales

The program has so far connected 165 mentors with 340 mentees around the world

MBW has uncovered a series of US patents and trademark applications filed by a mysterious ByteDance affiliate

Vault says that "artists can share their unreleased tracks directly" with fans and "tap into a new recurring revenue stream".

The companies' joint manifesto is "a series of clarifying statements relating to the responsible use of AI"

Both Cox and the major record companies had asked for a rehearing of an appeals court's decision to vacate a $1 billion judgment against Cox